May 2022

Click the link below to open the SCEA Celebration Day information page (which outlines the speakers and the sessions available), and then scroll to the bottom of the page to register! https://www.scea.wa.edu.au/equipping

This week we profile the second of our keynote speakers, Dr John Collier, who will be travelling from Sydney for our Celebration Day. Dr Collier is currently the Dean of Morling Education after previously serving as the Head of St Andrew’s Cathedral School and St Andrew’s Cathedral Gawura (Indigenous) School for 11 years. In total,

The Swan Trade Training Centre (STTC) campus is located on the grounds of Swan Christian College and offers students pre-apprenticeships in Building and Construction, Electrotechnology and Engineering. This week, STTC welcomed more than 160 Year 10 students from across Perth schools to try their hand at the various trade options. The Head of STTC, Mr

A thanksgiving service was held earlier this month at Woodvale Baptist Church for the life of Mr John Alfred Thornhill (1941 – 2022). John taught at Midland Christian School for 12 years, and many who came across him in those earlier days of SCEA would have been struck by his dedication to Christian education and

On Wednesday 11 May 2022, a happy group of Association Members gathered in the Conference Room at Swan Christian College (SCC) to meet for the first time in 2022. Although the meeting did not reach the required ‘quorum’ (the number needed for a vote to be passed on agenda items), it was an excellent time

With a CV that boasts school postings that many of us could only dream about, and more letters after his name than the Welsh alphabet, you can be forgiven for thinking of Ellenbrook’s new Head of Secondary Matt Dufty as an eccentric professor who values statistics more than students. Nothing could be further from the

With the date for the SCEA Celebration Day now locked in for Monday, 25 July 2022, we can now begin to showcase the different faces that will appear at this fellowship event for SCEA staff. In the next SCEA News, we will provide a link to all of the ‘Equipping For Mission’ session details, including

A group of more than 100 staff from Swan Christian College (SCC) and representatives from other SCEA schools and the SCEA Office attended the Maali Mia Theatre at SCC on Thursday afternoon (12 May 2022) for the Commissioning of Dr Darnelle Pretorius. Along with Mr Karl Dietrich’s string musician group, the worship band led by

In recent editions of SCEA News, we have profiled the increased enrolments for Ellenbrook Christian College (ECC) under the leadership of Principal Mr Mike Pitman. In our next edition of SCEA News, we hear from their new Head of Secondary, Mr Matthew Dufty. Today, we unveil their new website which has been put together by

The communities of Kalamunda Christian School (KCS) and Southern Hills Christian College (SHCC) received communication last week regarding some temporary leadership arrangements that are taking place to accommodate a period of Long Service Leave (LSL) for Mr Paul Beacham, SHCC Principal. Mr Beacham will commence his Long Service Leave (LSL) on 6 June 2022 (Week